Through the Noise Presents

Choral collective Idrîsî Ensemble journey from the 4th to the 14th century, exploring a millennium of Corsican, Roman, and Greek music for six singers and kanun.

Idrîsî Ensemble explore medieval textuality and orality in a programme of rare, endangered and never-recorded music. Old Roman chant, early polyphony, Corsican and Greek traditions intersect and offer the vision of a shared Mediterranean heritage. Navigating the dynamic between singer and scribe, they explore new frontiers in the performance of identity.

For this performance, Idrîsî Ensemble director Thomas Fournil leads a group of six singers, accompanied by kanun player Konstantinos Glynos, to explore a millennium of music.

Originally founded in 1140 as an abbey dedicated to St Augustine, Bristol Cathedral became the cathedral of the new diocese of Bristol in 1542 after the dissolution of the monasteries. The Grade I listed building still features elements from across the centuries, from the 12th century chapter house and 13th century Elder Lady Chapel, to the 15th century transepts and 19th century western towers.